Hatch door and gutter.



lNo. 826,746.l PATENTED JULY 24, 1906. A. PRIDDLE.

HATCH DOOR AND GUTTER. APPLIOATIGN ILED 11.13.15.1906.

.4 PZ/fuif P27' To all wyhom it may concern:

.UNITED srArEs PATENT 4Orrin(331i.-'

ARTHUR PRIDDLE, oF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

` HATCH poon AND GUTTER.Y l

Patented July 24, 1906.

Ansmann am umh 16.1906. sum1 no. soaso.

lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, suchas will enable ot ers skilled in the art to which 1t appertams to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in lhatchway doors and gutters.

The object of the invention is to providea coveringfor hatchways orother openings 1n the sidewalk or street and means whereby the waterpassing through the joints between said cover and its surrounding framesor thev edge of the opening will be caught and prevented from runninginto the vault or cellar below said cover.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arran ement ofparts, as Will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In theaccompanying drawings, Fi re 1 is a plan viewof a pair ofhatchway-dfvdlors to illustrate the application of' the inventionthereto. lFig. 2 1s a vertical cross-.sectional view through the doorsand gutters arranged beneath the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview taken at right angles to Fig. 2-

and between the meeting edges of the doors.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 denote the doubledoors of a hatchway 3, said hatchway being provided around lts upperedge with an angle-ironsupporting frame 4, to which is hingedlyconnected the outer side edges of the doors 1 and 2, as shown. The suporting-.frame 4 is arranged and held in p ace by means of a oement orother plastic foundation 5. Secured to the under side of the doors 1 and2 adjacent to their meeting edges are angle-iron brace-bars 6 and 7. Onthe angle-iron bracebar 6, adjacent to the u per side of the same, isformed a laterally-projecting longitudinall disposed gutter 8, whichextends beneatht e joint between the meeting edges of said bars, asshown.

Around thel outer edges of the doors 1 and 2 is arranged an anle-iron-protecting frame 9, said frame being i eid in position by meansof anchors 10, embedded in the cement foundation 5, as shown. In thecement foundationv l5 .adjacent to the outer side of thesupporting-frame 4 and, immediately beneath the jolnt between the edgesof the door and' protecting-frame 9, is formed a continuous gutter 12.The gutter 8 on the door 1 is arranged to discharge the water caughtthereby into the gutter' 12 at either end of the doors. The gutter 12 isprovided at a suitable point with a drain-pipe 13, which, if desired,may extend to the street-gutter, as shown, or to any other suitable laceof discharge, thus draining the water om the cement gutter 12, as willbe understood.

By providing gutters arranged as herein shown and described all surfacewater passing through. the 'oints of the doors coverin the hatchway Wi lbe caught and conductedg to a suitable -place of discharge, thus.preventing the passage of said water into the cellar or vault covered bysaid doors.

While I haveherein shown and described the invention as beingapplied toa pair of double doors covering a hatchway, it 1s obvious that the samearrangement and construction of gutters may be applied to any form ofcover-such, forinstance, as are used in conekction with vault-lights,manholes, and the e. y From the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanyin drawings, the construction and operationo the linvention Will be readily understood Without requiring a moreextended ex lanation.

Various changes in the orm, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacricing any of the advantages of this invention, as described by. theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a cover for hatch- Ways or other openings, of aprotecting-frame surrounding said cover, 'a door-supporting frame, aplastlc foundatlon to receive said led thereto, a rotecting-framesurrounding said door, a p astic foundation to support .said frames,anchors to secure said protectingframe in place and a gutter formedvinsaid los plastic foundation beneath the joints of said door andprotectingeframe, substantially as described. l

3. The combination with a supportin frame, of double hatchWay-doorshingedy connected thereto, a protecting-frame surrounding said doors, aconcrete foundation to support said frames, anchors to secure saidprotecting-frame in place, a gutter formed in said concrete foundationbeneath the oint of said doors and protecting-frame,angle-iron i bracessecured to the under sides of said doors adjacent to their meetingedges, a gutter formed integral with o ne ofthe said braces 4anddisposed beneath the meeting edges of the doors, said gutter beingadapted to drain into the concrete gutter and a drain-pipe connected tosaid concrete gutter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR PRIDDLE. Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. BIGGAM, GEORGE A. BENCH.

